reach an understanding with



reach an understanding with someone

 and come to an understanding (with someone)
to achieve a settlement or an agreement with someone. I hope we are able to reach an understanding with the commissioners. We were able to reach an understanding with Tony.
See also: reach, understanding

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PasiPAH-seeFinnish
Petronellape-tro-NE-lah (German)Dutch, German, Swedish
Conn-Irish
Baila-Yiddish
TonĆI-Croatian
Franc-Slovene